> “We finally have the first indication of what the cause of Kawasaki disease might be,” . . . “We discovered a small protein sequence that is targeted by the a

> “We finally have the first indication of what the cause of Kawasaki disease might be,” . . . “We discovered a small protein sequence that is targeted by the antibodies that kids with Kawasaki disease produce as part of their immune response. This is a highly promising breakthrough toward determining a causal agent of the disease.” Does this imply that it's an autoimmune disease, as some have surmised, or that there's a virus that remains unidentified? It seems unclear.